Man convicted of video voyeurism

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) – A Greene County jury found a Paragould man guilty Tuesday, Aug. 23, of video voyeurism.

Circuit Judge Randy Philhours sentenced 62-year-old Robert Paul Waddell to 120 days in the county jail with 72 months supervised probation.

The judge also ordered Waddell to pay a $1,000 fine and register as a sex offender, according to a news release from Deputy Prosecutor Wesley Watts.

On Feb. 8, a home healthcare worker reported to Paragould police that they found a video camera hidden in their patient’s bathroom.

“Police interviewed Waddell, who admitted that he’d videoed the patient in the bathroom without their consent,” the news release stated.

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